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was driven too near the compass. You
know how that nail would affect the COM
pass The ships officer, deceived by that
distracted compass, put the ship 200 miles
off her right course, and suddenly the
man on the look out cried: 'Land no"
and the ship -as halted within few
yards of her demolition. on Nantucket
shoals. A sixpenny nail came near
wrecking Cunarder. Small ropes hold
mighty destinies.
A minister seated in Boston at his table,
lacking Il word puts his hand behind his
head and tits back his chair to think, and
the ceiling falls and crushes the table and
would have crushed him. A minister in
Jamaica, at night by the light of an in
sect, called the candle fly, is kept from
stepping over precipice hundred feet.
+. W. Robertson, the celebrated English
clergyman. said that he entered the min
istry from a train of circumstances
started by the barking of dog. Had the
wind blown one way on a certain day, the
Spanish InqUisition would have been es-
tabIished in England; but it blew the
other way, and that dropped the accursed
institution with rs, 600 tons of shipping to
the bottom of the sea, or flung the splin-
tered logs on the rocks.
Nothing unimp0rtant in your life OF
mine. Three noughts placed on the right
side of the figure one make a thousand,
and six noughts on the right side of the
figure one a million, and our nothingness
placed on the right side may be augmenta
ton hiimitable All the ages of time and
eternity affected by the basket let down
| from a Damascus balcony.
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VARIOUS PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
What the Newspapers Say of People
Whom the World Knows.

What the Newspapers Say of People
Whom the World Knows.
Joaquin Miller has sold his log cabin in
Washington for So, 100, and its new owner
has rented it to Mr.. Adee, assistant secre-
tary Of state.
Mrs. Cleveland's shoes worn in the Adj
rondacks were a pair Of No. 5g, for which
she paid So. At least such is the exceed
ingly important statement made by a
Washington shoe dealer.
Sitting Bull is i'll mourning for the
death of his eldest daughter. He is at
Standing Rock agency, %. T., and endeay-
ored to show his great grief by slaughter
ing all his old enemies. A score of them
were obliged to flee the camp for safety.
Mr.. Alma-Tadema has designed piano
of ebony and oak for citizen of New
York, with decorative details of cedar,
lockwood and ivy, and with long, low
picture of Mr.. Poynter, r. A, over the
keyboard. The cost is said to be $50, 900.
Anna Dickinson is slowly recovering
from a dangerous illness caused by over
work and worry. She has had marrow
escape from death. A long rest and
change of scene are needed to restore hel
to her old time vigor and energy. She il
LoW at Scranton, Pa.
The czar viii soon tako journey into
the Don Cossack country, during which
he will present the czarowitz to the Cos
sacks 1t is a ride of over 1900 mile.
and journey surrounded with considera
BILE danger, Notwithstanding the fact that
the route is well guarded by the Russian
police.
Col. Fred Grant, the eldest son of the
late general, is said to be developing into
man very much like his father, and il
proof OF this, it is told that he is never
seen without q cigar III his mouth. He is
a dull looking young man. His eyes have
no brightness, his features no Character
istics, his complexion no color, and h(
seems to be simply fat and dull.
It is said that it was due directly tC
Mrs Grant that the peculations of Charles
l.. Webster & Co. IS bookkeeper were dis
covered. Mrs. Grant has an eye, nay
two eyes, to ''the main chance" and hel
contract with the publisher stipulated
that at any time she could send an expert
to examine the books. This she did from
time to time, and it was her expert who
discovered the discrepancy during one o.
his periodic examinations.
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A bride and groom from the rural dis
tricts went strolling down State street the
other morning, taking in all the sights,
when their attention was attracted by q
huge collection of furniture of every de-
scription in front of one of the auction
rooms. There were tables, bureaus,
chairs, bedsteads, mirrors-in fact, every
thing that would go to complete the fur
nishing of very large house,
The groom attempted an explanation of
what seemed to them both remarkable
circumstance, but the size of the pile non
plused him and he finally came to stand
still.
A bright idea suddenly struck his fail
helpmate, who was doubtless from al
anti-rent section of the country.
"I'll tell you what it is, Jim," she
said, with laughable earnestness, sits g
hotel, and they are putting 'em out foi
not paying the rent
The explanation proved satisfactory al
around. Argus,
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Knew They Were There.

A rich old speculator imagined that he
knew about art, whereas he was an ig-
noramus in regard to everything, in fact,
except in making money. This old fraud
determined to make valuable present to
his son-in-law, who was preacher.
1t was suggested to him that an old
painting representing Daniel in the
Lions Den" would be very appropriate,
SO an order was given to painter to pro-
duce the work of art. 1t was almost
finished when the old speculator was
called to inspect it. 1t represented a
cross section of the den with Daniel walk
ing about among the lions. When the
old man saw the picture, he refused to
take it. He insisted that if Daniel was
in the den neither he nor the lions could
be seen, and the artist had to cover Dan
and the lions with a thick coat of black
paint.
When the son-in-law was presented
with the picture he was somewhat dazed
to know what it represented.
''It represents Daniel in the Lions
Den," replied the art critic,
"But l don't see either of them" "
''That makes no difference. They are
in there, saw 'em myself. From the
German,
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Enveloped by a Blanket Fish.

A few evenings since Mr. Jefferson was
out bathing in the lake when something
suddenly wrapped about him like a wet
blanket. He was close to shore and got
there pretty lively When he climbed up
the wharf the blanket, as it appeared to
be, was all wrapped about him in a queer
way. He rushed into the rear of the
saloon, where there was light, and was
Mortified to discover that the thing which
was wrapped around him was alive. 1t
held on with a terrible suction, and re-
quired several men to get 1T off. A scien-
tist who was stopping at the hotel pro-
nouneed il an e!actys cacyHthiUs, or what
is vulgarly known as the blanket fish. 1t
frequents the waters of the Polar sea- and
is only occasionally found in fresh water,
except deep, cold lakes, and generally stays
near the bottom. 1t is sometimes found
in the Pacific ocean as low as the thirty
fifth parallel. 1t wraps around its victim
and by impeding the motions of it's limbs
causes it to drown.
1t is dark brown in color, with black
specks, and weighs about twenty-five
pounds. When stretched out on the wharf
it was about six feet long by five broad,
| and not over an inch thick. 1t was an OBJ
ject of curiosity all day. Mr.. Emery, the
| stage driver, says he saw Jefferson when
| he came out of the water, and thought he
was wrapped up in blanket. This is the
| first ever caught in this section of the
| wOrld.-Carson Appeal
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Patent Omce Figures.

Until one goes through the twenty nine
examining divisions of the Patent office,
and takes at least a glance at its 1856
classes of subjects, subdivided into over
5000 sub-classes, but little conception can
be had of the diversified subjects of in
vention to be seen there, or of the inn
mcnse amount of labor that must neces-
sarily be bestowed upon their examina-
ton before patent can be issued, as no
part of device can conflict with some
body else's device, The number of per-
sons employed in these divisions and tho
cost of examining and keeping the run"
of over 5000 sub-classes of devices, in
round numbers are: Persons employed,
1858; cost per annum Of running the di-
visions. 1879, 100. 1t costs for photo
graphing or otherwise producing plates
of these devices for The Patent Office Off
cial Gazette, for five years ending 1886.
$1S3, ,6S6.5S, and for producing copies Of
drawings of the weekly issue of patents,
designs, trade marks and pending appli-
cations, and for the reproduction of ex-
hausted copies, for the same period,
1868, ,S72. 13.--Detroit Free Press.
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In Carson City the papers and people
are agitating the matter of the resump-
ton Of excavation at the state prison
quarry, where are found SO many tracks
of elephants, tiger, deer, birds and un-
known animals and creatures that lived
when the world was young. 1t is pro-
posed to follow on the line pursued by the
majority of the tracks, which seem to
tend to a special point of attraction. This
point may have been mineral and me-
dicinal spring, the water of which pos
sessed peculiar qualities or flavor. 1t has
/. been observed at the Bartlett springs, in
California, and at mineral springs in
many countries, that doves and
many other birds flock in from
great distances to drink of the
waters. Also, it is said, that in
the early days deer and other wild ami
mails came from all the surrounding coun-
try to drink at the Bartlett springs and at
other springs of the Golden state that
were strongly favored with minerals.
Thus if the Carsonites find nothing else, a
very valuable medicinal spring may be
discovered. Though the superintendent
strata To be removed aggregate no great
thickness, the first experimental work
might be cheapened by running a broad
and low tunnel or gallery following the
line of tracks made by one of the ele-
plants, or those of the creature sup
posed 10 have been q human being
of the prehistoric period-a Pacific
coast pioneer, who was scouting about
the country. There is no danger
of going astray in this work. The
tracks are so close together and in such a
straight line that they cannot be lost
Every track shows that the creature who
| made it was abroad on important bust
ess.-Firginia tNey.) Enterprise.
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Anxious for the Blessing.

Some of the Indians of Mexico have
queer ideas about religion. A correspon-
dent of The Boston Herald tells how a
parish priest was puzzled not long ago by
a query put to him by Indian parish
toner's bringing wooden crosses to be
blessed, they invariably asking him to
bless 1.-the heart of the cross That
phrase, 1.-The heart of the cross sur
prised him, and finally he contrived to
get hold of one of the crosses brought to
him for blessing, and found In the in
terror a hollow, in which was a small
owl, the sacred bird, the tecolote of the
Aztecs. Then he knew why the Indians
had been SO anxious that the heart of the
cross should receive the blessing. 1t is
sort of 'fgood Lord, good devil re-
igion the Indians have. They wish to
be on the right side of the Christian
Deity, and, at the same time, ''to keep
solid," as the phrase is, with their
ancient divinities. York Tribune
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To any one who knows what Hunga-
rian villages are like, the marvel is not so
much that they should be burned occa-
sionally as that they should not be con-
sumed by fire oftener. The Magyar is
not in reality the semi-O Oriental cavalier
he is sometimes imagined to be. But he
does keep at least one memorial of the
fact that he is the son of Arpad. His
village has been compared to the camp of
a regiment of light cavalry. 1t consists
of two immense rows of wooden huts,
planted side by side, perhaps for miles;
for some of these Alfold ''villages" con-
tain 10000 or 10000 people. The tarred
and painted cottages, thatched with straw
and baked by the fierce summer sun of
the great plain, burn like tinder when
they once catch fire. 1t might be worth
while for the Magyar government to dis
tribute a supply of chemical fire extin-
guishers in their country towns, for water
ON some parts Of this dry and treeless
plain is only to be got from deep wells
and artificial reservoirs, and is almost as
precious a commodity as in the South
African veldt.-St, James Gazette,
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1t is $50 English, you know;'' but still
the attempt of the dudes to introduce the
style of wearing white cuffs and collars
with coiored shirts has not been success
ful. One shirt with broad scarlet bands
and another with bright blue polka dots
have been worn on the avenue with whitf
collars, presumably to advertise the style
but the repeated inquiry why don't you
get collars to match your shirt?' and tha
nndisguised suspicion that old white col
lars were being utilized by the wearers
proved fatal to the innovation. 4 style
more likely to be adopted is that displayed
by Fred May, who has shirt, collars, cuffs
and waistcoats of the same patterns Ol
heavy linen or marseilles. This is expen
sive looks cool and is vastly becoming
New York World.
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Preparing Olive Oil.

The olives are placed between two
mill stones and ground into u paste,
stones and all. This paste is put into
jute bags, which are piled up in an ordi-
nary press and subjected to pressure fur
nished by a screw. The oil oozes through
the bags, and is caught in pans or ves-
sells, and then bottled. The most re-
markable feature of the process is that
some four or five different qualities are
obtained from one lot of olives. This is
explained by the fact that the oil oozing
out at first is the result only of slight
pressure, consequently is sweeter and
lacks the ranker flavor of the second,
third, and fourth grades, which partake
more or less of the olive stones. Tho
last grade is frequently SO rank that it
cannot be used for eating purposes, but
instead is used as the basic matter in the
manufacture of soap, etc. The residue
or paste left after the oil has been ex-
tracted undergoes chemical treatment,
and the oil obtained from this is used as
a lubricant. of Trade.
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The flesh of rattlesnalse when cooked ia
Us white as milk and very delicate.
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Higginsville, Mo-, has a mathematical
wonder who doesn't know a letter of the
alphabet or one printed figure from an
other, but who is wonderfully strong on
mental calculations, making them off
hand His name is Reuben Fields and
he is 36 years of age He claims that his
gift was given from heaven, and says it
came to him suddenly when years old
He says the Lord made but one Samson,
one Solomon, and one Reub Fields. To
the one he gave strength, the other wis
dom, and to himself mathematical in
stinct. He guards this instinct with the
utmost care, and will not answer ques-
tions unless he is paid, fearing that it will
be taken from him should he use it to
satisfy idle curiosity. New York Sun.
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TO LEARN TO SWIM.
The Best Methods for Beginners-Whe
Attacked by Cramp.

The Best Methods for Beginners-when
Attacked by Cramp.
Probably one of the best ways of learn
ing to swim is to go with competent
teacher in boat in deep water, this sup
porting the body more buoyantly than
that which is shallower, and preventing
the constant tendency of beginners to
touch bottom, which here is, of course,
impossible. The teacher should fasten a
rope securely round the waist, or, better
still, to belt which can neither tighten
nor slip down. The rope may be fast
ened to a short pole. Supported in this
manner the pupil may take his proper
position in the water and practice the
necessary motions, and the support of the
rope may be gradually lessened until the
pupil finds himself entirely supported by
the water. That is the first great lesson
with which to inculcate the beginner,
viz, that he cannot sink if he will but
keep his body under the water, leaving
only his mouth and nose exposed, His
body then is lighter than the water and
he will float, but every ounce of flesh he
shows above water is equal to about a
pound of lead in weighing him down.
Corks and bladders are often used as
supports for learners, but it is much better
to begin without them. Life preservers
are of little use, as their bulk is generally
all around the chest, and they hinder a
free use of the arms and impede the mo-
ton. Swimming with a plank is not q
bad way.
Those persons who plunge into the
water when they are heated by exercise
and remain in it until they are benumbed
with the cold or exhaust themselves by
very violent exertion are the most sdb-
ject to attacks of cramp. The moment
the swimmer is seized by cramps in the
legs he must not suffer himself to fee
alarmed, but strike out the limb with all
his might, keeping the heel downward
and drawing the toes as far upward as he
can, although at the time these move.
ments give him great pain. He may alsc
turn on his back and jerk the limb into
the air, though not so high as to throw
himself out of his balance. Should these
attempts prove unsuccessful he must try
to reach the shore with his hands, or al
all events keep himself af1oat until assist
ance can be procured. If he cannot floar
on his back he may swim upright, keep
| ing his head above the surface by strik.
ing the water downward with his hand.
near the hips.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
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Methods of the Chinese Dentist.

DIR. A. M. Dudley, of Salem, Mass,
read paper on "Chinese Dentistry"
which was listened to by 125 dentists.
DIR. Dudley showed the Chinese dentists
kit of tools, which were very primitive
in design. and which DIR. Dudley SAID
had been in use for 5000 years. The
principal tooth pulling instrument was a
thin piece of iron about four inches III
length, with circular hole in one end
one-half inch in diameter.
If the patients tooth could be encircled
with this instrument the dentist got what
leverage he could and forced the tooth
| out at the risk of breaking the iawbone.
Before trying to pull tooth, however,
the Chinese have a habit of digging
| around the gums with wooden spatulas,
in order to loosen the aching molar. The
patient is deluded by superstition that
the ache in tooth is caused by worms.
In order to deceive the sufferer into a
belief i'll this story small worms are
pasted underneath strips of paper upon
| the spatulas. The manipulation of the
teeth with these pieces of wood wears Off
the paper, and the worms come out into
the patients mouth. The duties of n
| Chinese dentist are not confined to pull
ing teeth, however. He is often called
upon to scrape out the mouth of his pa
tient with piece of horn. Three cents
pays the Chinese dentists bill. The To-
cality in Hong Kong where dentists most
do congregate is called Devils Row.
Chinese tooth powder is made of
ground tarantula, dragons eyes, and
horses sweat. The Chinese dentist never
removes the lime deposit from tooth.
He is aware that this deposit materially
assists in the decay of teeth.
DIR. Dudley showed some very credit
able specimens of Chinese false teeth, set
into wooden plates. He also exhibited
two teeth made of solid gold fastened to
a gold plate, which had been made by q
Chinese dentist, and worn in the mouth
of a queen in the Cannibal Islands. The
sets of artificial teeth worn by married
women are dyed black in order to make
the woman as unattractive as possible tC
every man but her husband.
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Some years ago wealthy citizen of
Bahrenfeld, in the duchy of Holstein,
promised worthy married man of that
town that he would give house to the
mans twelfth child, if he should have that
many. In due time No. IL arrived,
and the proud father asked the wealthy
citizen to make good his promise. This
he refused to do, saying that the whole
thing was a joke. The father then went
to law about it, and although the promise
was only a verbal one, the court not only
decided in favor of No 12, but author
lied the plaintiff to choose whichever one
of the defendants houses he liked best
New York Trihuna
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A twenty three foot vein of what prom
ises to be valuable kind of fuel has been
discovered at Elsinoee, Cal, and it is
thought that the wheie valley is UNDER
laid with 1t. 1t is described by The News
of that place as quite soft, and easily
worked when in the mine, but it gets hard
when exposed to the air. 1t resembles
slate somewhat in appearance, although of
a somewhat lighter color. 1t is clean,
leaves no marks or stains on the hand,
does not slack or crumble in the air, can
be split like mica into very thin fibers,
burns freely, and needs only to be ignited
with a match, smells like burning rnh5af
when being consumed, and leaves behind
a jet black ash resembling lampblack in
all its properties. 1t is said to be worth
s15 per ton for making gas.--New York
| Sun.
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Rev. T, T. Munger has in The Century
a very earnest and philosophical protest
against what he considers to be the ma
terialistic tendencies of the age in tho
matter of education, "The age cries,
Teach us how to get a living,'' ~ he says,
''a cry to which the university should
pay but little heed, needing instead the
profounder call that issues from all the
ages and from the deep heart of humanity
itself, Teach us how to live!' " To ''know
how to live to purpose" was declared by
Montaigne to be the most important thing
in this world. But in order to live the
great majority Of men must know how to
get living. York World
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1t is related that some Americans re-
Gently going through the Jardin des
plantes of Paris stopped to look at big
rattlesnake in a cage. 1t lay motionless,
apparently asleep, but when two Of the
party who fingered behind began to speak
English, it moved, lifted its head and
gave every sign of interest. They told
their companions that the snake under
stood English. The whole party then re-
turned to the cage. The snake was ap-
parently asleep again. They conversed in
French, but the snake made no move
ment; lhen the ladies began to speak in
English. The snake started, lifted its
mead, and showed the same alertness as
before at the sounds. The rattlesnake
proved on inquiry, to have come from
Virginia New York Sun.
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For a Wedding Present.

The London society papers are just now
overflowing with enthusiasm over the
cIeverness of somebody original enough
to give a bride side saddle for we'd
ding present, Il thing which, as she was
an excellent horsewoman, pleased her
greatly, besides having no duplicate in all
her arrays of gifts. Similar presents were
often given to royal and noble brides in
the day when riding was necessity, and
not an amusement; but of late years they
do not suggest themselves when kinsfolk
and friends are puzzling over the awful
question, ''What shall we give herP'--
The Argonaut.
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Generosity Tempered with Philosophy.

A poor woman walked into. a Sixth
avenue bakery and asked for something
to eat. The proprietor Immediately
handed out couple of rolls and three
buns,
''Have you many such cases?"
E'Half dozen day"
"And do you always give them what
they ask for?"
"Yes. There's scarcely a baker in
New York but feeds half dozen. We
are about as well off, for the bread pr
rolls are not real fresh, although not
stale. And it is a sweet morsel to a
hungry man or woman. New York
Sun.